Top It Off With a Bag of Beans

A trip to the Philippines' coffee country, the city of Tagaytay, would not be complete without a visit to Bag of Beans.

Bag of Beans started as a small coffee shop whose specialties were freshly baked products, English pies, and Coffee Alamid (excuse my French, it's coffee made from the beans that has passed through the wild civet cat's digestive system – yes, it's basically "harvested" from its poop).                                                                

                                                     Bag of Beans' Coffee Alamid, also known as Civet Coffee (or Kape Alamid in Tagalog), is similar to Indonesia's Kape Luwak and Timor's Kafe Laku. For certain, Bag of Beans' Coffee Alamid is clean and safe for human consumption – but I just don't have the guts to try it though.

However, for those who have, they have this to say: Coffee Alamid's strong, creamy, and a hint of dark chocolatey taste makes it the best coffee in the world – and quite expensive too.                                          
Well, that sounds good… But perhaps, next time.

So for my Bag of Beans coffee experience, I simply went for a cup of warm white mocha, my sister went for their iced caramel macchiato, hubby had coffee choco banana frost, and my aunt had their bottomless iced tea. We opted to try the famous Bag of Beans farm house white bread which is said to be so fresh that you can't stop eating it. It came with jam and literally a slab of butter too.

                                                                             Often, in restaurants, when their simplest dish is good, then everything else is most likely to be too.

The verdict: Bag of Beans DID NOT disappoint us. The coffee, the bread – it was undeniably fresh and warm upon serving, and the ambience was wonderful.

Aside from the usual restaurant at Bag of Beans, they have their garden and small little nooks that make your time much more relaxing too.

When in Tagaytay, don't forget to drop by Bag of Beans. Their food and drinks are affordable. Basically, our total bill was less than 500 pesos for that afternoon (that's for the 4 of us already).

So basically, your great trip to Tagaytay will just be topped off with a Bag of Beans!




           Contact Details:

Bag of Beans Coffee Shop & Bakery
115 Aguinaldo Highway
Mendez Crossing West, Tagaytay City, Cavite
Landline: +63-46-4134356/+63-46-4132724
Mobile: +639234544797/+639209546370